Mystic in New London County, Connecticut — The American Northeast (New England)

Langworthy House

By Cosmos Mariner, June 12, 2017

1. Langworthy House Marker

Inscription.

Langworthy House. . . Part of this house was standing when brothers George, Clark, and Thomas Greenman purchased the surrounding land in 1837 and founded the George Greenman & Co. Shipyard. They lived here until George Greenman built the house on your right in 1839. About 1849 the 1 1/2-story house on this site was raised and a new first floor and a two-story ell were added. For nearly 50 years it then served as a boardinghouse for ship carpenters and other laborers, run by ship joiner David Langworthy (1818-1902) and his wife Fanny. . . Mystic Seaport is located on the site of the Greenman shipyard and textile mill. We hope to restore the Langworthy House as an exhibit building. If you would like to find out more about Mystic Seaport, please stop by our Visitor Reception Center opposite the first traffic light to your left.

Part of this house was standing when brothers George, Clark, and Thomas Greenman purchased the surrounding land in 1837 and founded the George Greenman & Co. Shipyard.
They lived here until George Greenman built the house on your right in 1839. About 1849 the 1 1/2-story house on this site was raised and a new first floor and a two-story ell were added.
For nearly 50 years it then served as a boardinghouse for ship carpenters and other laborers, run by ship joiner David Langworthy (1818-1902) and his wife Fanny.

Mystic Seaport is located on the site of the Greenman shipyard and textile mill. We hope to restore the Langworthy House as an exhibit building. If you would like to find out more about Mystic Seaport, please stop by our Visitor Reception Center opposite the first traffic light to your left.

Erected by Mystic Seaport Museum.

Location. 41° 21.68′ N, 71° 57.816′ W. Marker is in Mystic, Connecticut, in New London County. Marker is on Greenmanville Avenue (Connecticut Route 27) south of Rossie Street, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is located directly in front of the Langworthy house. Marker is at or near this postal address: 67 Greenmanville Avenue, Mystic CT 06355, United States of America.

Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker. Mystic, Connecticut Historic Houses

Also see . . . 1. Langworthy-Allyn House (1820).
Adjacent to the George Greenman House, on Greenmanville Avenue in Mystic, is an earlier house, possibly built around 1820, which was acquired by the Greenman brothers in 1837.
From 1931 to 1974, the house was owned by the Allyn family. It is now owned by Mystic Seaport. (Submitted on March 10, 2018, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

2. Langworthy/Allyn House after 1938 hurricane. (link to 1938 photograph)
Sept 22, 1938 view looking down Greenmanville Avenue of a house identified as the Allyn house. Several trees are uprooted in the aftermath of the 1938 hurricane and appear to be leaning against the house. Formerly a single story

By Cosmos Mariner, June 12, 2017

3. Langworthy House Marker (tall view)

house, possibly one of the oldest in Mystic, the Langworthy House underwent many modifications over time, including the raising of the first floor and construction of a new one during the nineteenth century. The house was owned briefly by the Greenman family, later by the Langworthys and from 1931-1974 it was owned by the Allyn family. (Submitted on March 10, 2018, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

3. Six people in Langworthy/Allyn House backyard, July 4, 1926. (link to 1926 photograph)
Two women and one man are seated in a backyard identified as belonging to the Langworthy/Allyn House, Greenmanville Avenue, Mystic. Behind them stand three men. The men are dressed in shirts and ties, and one wears a hat. One man is also wearing a vest and holding a hat. The women to the left, identified as Frances Caperton, is wearing a gingham dress. The woman to the right has a bobbed hairstyle. The group is in front of what appears to be an unpainted fence. In the background the George Greenman House and part of its garden shed can be seen. (Submitted on March 10, 2018, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

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